Audience reviews
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zdeisterreviews
"Mom, can we have High School DxD?"
"No, we have High School DxD at home."
The High School DxD at home: Maken-ki
(Mild spoilers incoming)
Yeah...this is, um, an anime for sure. I'll start off by saying that I don't think the story of this is all that bad, I just don't think it's conveyed all that well here in the adaptation. A faithful adaptation, this is not, here they took quite a few creative liberties in the script, granted I've yet to read the manga but I hope I'm not wrong in saying that I'm sure the mangaka was handling the story better than here - but it doesn't take much to tell by episode 6 that a massive quality drop has happened. According to the fan wiki the writers generally only used parts of the source material to write the story and 2/4 arcs adapted here even had major ar…
Read at the sourceZontaru
so good so good, almost enough tits for me personally. I had exciting expirience watchin it with my bestie while feelin myself. It made me feel so dirty it made me feel so naked. I highly recommend this 4 evrybody who likes less words and more actions, other recommendation is to NOT watch it alone.
• story is absolutely unique and totally unpredictable, i enjoyed it anyway bcs i like this genre/set-up
• the artstyle perfectly fits for the story
• the characters where well-rounded. they had flaws and strengths, or were unusually strong/smart/stupid
• the characters react to situations and events in a realistic way
• think others will enjoy/dislike this series, even if I did
I'm done 4 now!!!
see ya
dg4life
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Read at the sourceAnimeEnjoyer420
Recommendation: Not even worth it for the fanservice.
Maken-ki is deeply experimental at its core. The experiment being performed is whether an anime that consists entirely of the most well-worn harem cliches in the industry can somehow be far more loathsome than the sum of its parts, and in that way, and only that way, Maken-ki is a success.
This is a show without a single redeeming quality. The worst part, as it so often is with these kinds of shows, is the main character. Takeru is a pathetic creep that reeks of loser so badly that no one could get laid within 500 yards of him if he were a person in real life. Of course, since this is a childish wish fulfillment fantasy for virgins, the ladies are instead inexplicably drawn to his utter lack of social skills, his creepy behavior and h…
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In my opinion there are two expectations that an individual can have before watching this anime and which you fall under heavily affects your enjoyment going in.
1. You expect a shounen or action focused anime with fan-service or ecchi elements.
2. You expect ecchi and fan-service focused anime with shounen and action elements.
The first group is probably going to have a hard time enjoying Maken-ki due to the emphasis on the ecchi mediocre plot, characters, and action.
The second group is more likely to enjoy it but there are still aspects that can be found wanting.
If you are interested in Maken-ki I heavily recommend that you keep your expectations low for engaging story and focus your attention on the art, character designs, and ecchi as they are by far the high point of the show. Perso…
Read at the sourceSquirtleSquadCPT
Watch this if you wanna fap without the nudity. Do not watch this if you want your mind blown by quality story line, suspense, plot, plot development, character development, etc. There is one type of development however, and that development was the boobs. I think a couple characters gained a bra size or 2 and the MC might have gotten a concussion from constant smack down he gets from the women. Most of the female characters probably developed scoliosis because of their huge knockers (much appreciated). Like I said, this is the only development the anime has. Quality is fine, bearable, about what you would expect from this level of ecchi (very high level btw). It's comical if you enjoy the MC of the harem constantly getting smacked and owned by his girl classmates. Overall, watch if you wa…
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A school for magical combat. A loser kid with a heart of gold has several girls who are interested in him, although some of them won't admit it. It turns out he has a super powerful magic ability. Where have I seen this concept before? Oh, right. Everywhere. The plot isn't original. And the setting isn't original. And the characters aren't original. This anime follows the formula and does not stray from it one bit. If you like the formula, you'll like this anime.
Story: 4
A high school that teaches magical combat. Where have I seen this plot before? Oh, right. Everywhere.
It's kind of confusing. I never did quite figure out the rules of the magic system. After several episodes I finally figured out that Makens are magic items that grant their users magical powers. Elements are... I'm st…
Read at the sourceMRBLUEFROST
I understand if you've been watching anime for long enough I get it this one doesn't break any new ground but I also am saying that you knew what this was when you picked it up to watch it in fact that is why I started to watch it you see Harum comedy's make me happy and no amount of boobs and panty shots hurts that one bit i suggest if a all be it done it before plot and lots of fan service isn't your thing then no this isn't for you but I'm a grown man boobys make me happy and reality is in my everyday life and on CNN I'm looking to get away from all of that so I really like this and can't wait until I can see season two I bet there is more boobs
even some main stream anime has some boobs like Naruto and Bleach or have none of you been watching
Read at the sourceToyPrince
The following anime review is excluding the fact that this is a fan service intensive ecchi. I’ll now summarise this anime, in a new section that I’m dubbing the ToyBox - feedback is encouraged and well appreciated!
ToyBox:
This anime is bad; especially in comparison to other ecchis. The only ‘creditable’ aspects of this anime were: the concept and the fan service (for those who love fan service this is one of the best ecchis).
I repeat, this anime isn’t for people who like their fan service served with a good plot, you’d probably only enjoy this anime if you enjoy seeing pretty girls with inordinately proportioned ‘breasts’ (or at this point, I’ll say it in words that everyone will understand, MELONS!)
PLOT – The concept of this anime is commendable however, execution was horrible,…
Read at the sourceTolzen
This is officially my first review and me deciding to do it on a low rated ecchi/harem might be a little strange to some.
Firstly, I'll be rating this anime solely within the confines of its genre. Legitimate romance anime or well done comedies, they're out of the equation as this type of series can't possibly stand on level footing with another series that devotes its budget to great animation and story, not amazingly lively breasts that really look like they would hurt one's back. Now that's out of the way and in your thoughts for consideration, let's begin.
Story: For an Ecchi/Harem show I didn't find the plot to be lacking really. For this type of show it had enough underlying plot and back story to make sure it wasn't a stale watch. I'm not saying you're tuning in for the plot at al…
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What a bunch of @@@@. Maken-ki is one of the worst anime out there. It has absolutely no plot,simply a guy who flirts with several girls. The heroes have no personality,the only way you can tell them apart is by how mucch they want the main character, who by the way is a retard who does nothing but flirting and getting beaten.
The art resembles hentai and i guess this is the real reason why they created it (for those who want to watch soft hentai disguised as a martial arts-ecchi anime). Even the "figth scenes" expose as much flesh as possible.Seriously,this anime is one step away from tentacle...
So,no
Read at the sourceotakugangstar
I want the hours of my life watching this sad excuse for ecchi. THe story is horrible, the animation is ver sub par and generic, and its so predictible and retarded i am ashamed to have watched it. I just kept watching only to see if something would pick up becuause i never thought it possible to have such a horrible show in the existance of mankinds creations. Do not watch.
Read at the sourceRednir
This anime started of nicely, looked like it had a story thatIi was going to stick to, but after around two or three episodes it trailed of the main story.
Many questions I had were unanswered at the end of the anime, if you care a lot about the story than this anime is not for you, do you like ecchi none sence and a lot of nice fighting, than this is for you.
Read at the sourceUnrealPie
Maken-Ki! is a great example of 'Don't judged a book by its cover.'
Harem type animes are usually all the same and that pretty much drives people to stay away from any new ones that air. I personally feel the same way, though when a friend who does not like anime recommended Maken-Ki! to me I thought I should check it out.
Lets get down to the review starting with the basics.
Maken-Ki! has an amazing art style, and the voice actors were chosen to fit there rolls perfectly.
However thats all I can really appreciate about the anime. Big boobs, perverted teenage boys, 4+ girls fighting over a less than average male who has a jealous friend who does not get any action, your typical Harem anime. I'm afraid that when it comes down to originality Maken-Ki! falls a bit into the shallow end of th…
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Alright so I'll try to keep from bashing this anime as much as some of the other reviews have done. It may be hard to do, but I'll give it a shot.
Maken-Ki is not quite the standard harem ecchi show. It kind of wavers between having great potential to trying to blow it's whole load on fanservice and saying "screw the plot." In the end it rather tends to lean toward the latter, which is a shame for the potential it had early on.
Story: Surprising to see ecchi anime with a good plot. Takeru is your usual perverted kid that wants to spend his days around beautiful girls. So he enters a high school that has been converted to coed from and all girls school. All well and good until he learns that this is a special school where the students control elements and use Maken, weapons that use their…
Read at the sourceDaimyo
Story 3/10
This story takes place at a school once exclusively for girls —aka pussy high— tenbi. The main character, Mr.Ohyama Takeru, goes to this school primarily because he’s looking for sex and also because he’s too retarded to hire a hooker. Actually, I lied. He doesn’t try to screw any of these girls. He just plays pervert and stares at their censored panties. Here my friends, we have the first problem of an ecchi series. Ecchi series always tend to confuse me. I can’t tell if we’re supposed to masturbate furiously while watching them, or just stare at them with a huge boulder—rock solid geodude— in our pants. Unlike the casual anime that uses fanservice here and there, ecchi uses things like this everywhere. This show is even more sexually frustrating because they arbitrarily decide…
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“Maken Ki” a very pure made anime focusing on fan service.
For all those harem, ecchi fanatic out there this is your anime to watch. This anime is full of scenes where the ecchi-ness reaches its peak. Ranges from accidently walking into the room where the girl is changing to clothing getting shredded by fighting matches. Yes, this anime is action based as the source of the fan service. I’m not saying there are no storyline, but it would’ve been better if the story was more developed. This may not be like Ikki Tousen or Tenjou Tenge because it’s fighting scene isn’t smooth; it’s more like a magical shoujo archetype.
Artwork-wise, the characters are drawn nicely, and there are plenty of fan service since this a fan service base harm ecchi anime. I understand the art of fan service but the…
Read at the sourceOrrinoco
Though fan service is one of the main complaints about show, considering that the show is an echii title. The Plot is nice and fun to follow though it's frustrating at times due to the suspense that is built up to a wholly anticlimactic peak. This however is not a 'major' let down because there was never a promise though genre that told of breath taking writing to steal your heart away. The real deal is more on the large breasted women, as what can feel completely ridiculous so much so that it becomes a joke in itself and the outrageous fighting in a school lifde environment. Now it may sound like repetition but I think that it should have been allowed to be a 24 episode show to give the plot time to breath and make some parts of it less arbitrary.
All in all however the show is at the ba…
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Plot & Synopsis:
Maken-Ki is an action based superpower school life series. It follows Takeru Ooyama as he joins Tenbi High School because there is no entrance exam and that his is the first year of the school being co-ed. Coincidentally, his childhood friend Haruko happens to be a second year at Tenbi and she decides to meet him on his first day. However, on his first day though the art of Duels or Battles (depending on the fansub) using a Maken and Elements is demonstrated by a second year Kodama Himegami and Takeru himself though he has no idea what's going on. But the battle is interrupted by a girl named Inaho who says she is his fiancee. And with this, Takeru's high school life and the story of Maken-ki begins.
Now Maken-ki's plot had potential to be a good superpower high school plo…
Read at the sourceMcRib
Maken-Ki! is just another one of the ever occurring fanservice shows that pops up every season. They are a mainstay in anime and they range from being decent shows to being absolutely terrible shows. Sadly, Maken-Ki! is on the “terrible” side of the scale. That being said, I sometimes enjoy watching these shows since they can be fun and entertaining when they are done right. However, I did not have fun watching Maken-Ki!. It is also important to note, the director of this show is not known for his great shows. He directed such masterpieces as MD Geist and Genocyber to name a few. His previous works made me want to watch this show to see how terrible it was, and I was not disappointed in that aspect.
When it comes to story and plot, Maken-Ki!'s is nearly nonexistent. Like every pointless f…
Read at the sourceYemi_Hikari
Maken-ki is badly done. I am not saying that it is badly done because it is of the harem and/or ecchi genre, because I've seen stuff for either genre, some of which encompasses both.
Problem one: What could have been a great storyline even with the harem/ecchi moments is wasted by tedious and copious amounts of stuff that is not really related to the plot. While a person may make the argument that the stuff not needed for the plot line is there for fan service, Anime such as “Freezing” show that you can not only have plenty of fan service during the main plot line, but you can have filler fan service that runs smoothly with the main story line.
Problem two: The art is horrible. The character designs leave a lot to be desired. Minor characters seem to get more detail put into them, then…
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